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‘In The City’ Premiere Episode Addresses ‘Summer House’ Scandal As The Bravoverse Expands
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains details about the Summer House Season 10 finale and the In the City Season 1 premiere. Bravo extended the Summer House universe with one of the most seamless transitions into a spinoff series since The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and Vanderpump Rules crossover. Summer House ended its tenth season […]
‘In the City’ Premiere Shocker: Amanda Batula and Kyle Cooke Emotionally Address West Wilson Cheating Rumors
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for the series premiere of “In the City,” streaming on Peacock as of May 20. Picture the intro to “The Sopranos,” substitute Tony for an anxious-avoidant Italian woman exiting a hellish decade-long relationship, brighten up the score, and you have the opening beats to “In the City,” the much-ballyhooed […]
Inside the Explosive ‘Summer House’ Finale That Changes Everything
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for the Season 10 finale of “Summer House,” streaming on Peacock as of May 20. Much like the pall #Scandoval cast over Season 10 of “Vanderpump Rules,” transmogrifying its fan base into a pack of wild hounds sniffing out any hints of indiscretion on the part of the offending parties, […]
‘Beaches’ Sets Early Broadway Closing Date After Tony Award Noms Shutout
The ebb tide is nigh for Broadway’s Beaches. The musical based on the 1988 Garry Marshall movie has set an early closing date after getting blanked at the Tony Awards nominations a couple of weeks ago. The last day at this beach will be May 24. The show starring Jessica Vosk and Kelli Barrett had […]
Billy Joel Blasts Unauthorized Biopic: “Legally and Professionally Misguided”
Joel said the project, which is being directed by 'Michael' and 'Bohemian Rhapsody' editor John Ottman, doesn't have his music or life rights.
‘Her Private Hell’ Review: Nicolas Winding Refn Gets Lost in His Own Private Filmmaking Hell with This David Lynch-on-Bad-Acid Disaster
"Her Private Hell" takes up where "The Neon Demon" left off — or maybe I should say where "Twin Peaks: The Return" left off, since the new movie plays like a knockoff of David Lynch at his most bafflingly obscure crossed with the hellscape fetishism of Gaspar Noé crossed with the world’s most avant-garde perfume commercial (which makes sense, since directing avant-garde perfume commercials is how part of Refn earns his living).